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| Carolyn |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 13:40:52
Does anyone else find themselves eating emotionally and believe it is a manifestation of TMS.\? Since I have been doing the work my symptoms have been moving around, and I have had bouts of severe anxiety and agitation. I have also found myself eating compulsively at times and I really have felt that it was a way for me to block my experience of my emotions- aka TMS.
Carolyn |
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| Carolyn |
Posted - 08/30/2005 : 05:32:47
Since I first posted this thread, I have come to realize that my compulsive eating- particularly of sweets- is a clear manifestation of my TMS. Whenever I notice I am doing it and consciously stop, I now know I can expect another TMS symptom to get markedly worse.
Sometimes I find myself trying to manipulate my symptoms - hanging on to one to avoid another worse one from coming back. Eating junk food is the easiest one to allow myself to continue doing since you can't really consciously hold onto your back pain- once you try, you are acknowledging that you have control over it and it is bound to shift to somewhere new.
Carolyn |
| leegold |
Posted - 08/29/2005 : 17:58:39
i know this is an old thread, but compulsive eating is definitely a way to 'fill' the emptiness and avoid emotions. dr sarno added it to my list of tms/equivalents along w/ insomnia, sinus problems, chiropractic, etc.
Lee
"A tranquil heart is life to the body, but passion is rottenness to the bones" |
| Sarah Jacoba |
Posted - 06/05/2004 : 22:42:47
I feel I eat more when I am having TMS pain not to deal with emotions but to deal with my physical agitation i.e the sensation of eating distracts me from the pain
--Sarah
"When dream and day unite" |
| austingary |
Posted - 06/05/2004 : 11:04:14
It is a well-known fact that people overeat for all kinds of emotional reasons, i.e., the concept of "comfort food". If TMS is a distraction from unbearable rage, then overeating can probably be a distraction not only from rage but from a whole range of unpleasant emotions and realities.
But I don't think it is possible for most people to make a major change in their eating habits. They may "diet" for a while but then they go back to eating bad food and overeating and they gain it all back.
For the most part, you have your 5% or so of the population who are really, seriously into fitness -- eating only the right foods, restricting their calorie intake, habitually exercising, etc. -- and you have everyone else, most of whom weigh more than they should for optimum health and a large proportion of whom are seriously overweight, or even morbidly obese.
I don't see that changing anytime soon, given the supply of food, the amount of food propaganda and the general "dumbing down" of the population. From here, the future looks fat and stupid. |
| Suzanne |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 22:44:25
I feel that food issues are related to TMS issues. My close cousin is currently dealing with serious emotional issues due to the deaths of my grandparents, which were basically her "parents" her whole life, and her overworking and being the breadwinner while her husband stays at home taking care of her 4 year old, even though he's capable of working at least part time. 2 years passed and she still cries or dwells on them daily. She's very depressed and very overweight. She suffers severe chronic fatigue and joint pains, and has mentioned her back a few times, and her GP is sending her for an MRI for MS and a Lyme Disease test. She eats out of stress and depression and tells me she's out of control, and doesn't eat for hunger reasons but for emotional reasons. I'm almost positive she has TMS or an equivalent. She says she'll hear me out after having the tests.  |
| Louise |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 21:24:15
I find with me that "food issues" are another manifestation of TMS. And, I find that when I'm having a painful day, the compulsion to soothe myself with food is even greater.
I've had great improvement with reducing my back/butt/leg pain over the last several month via reading, journaling, etc. I've noticed that my pain is much reduced when I'm in control of my food cravings rather than vice-versa. I think that for me at least, taking control of my eating habits goes right along with taking my life back from the nasty TMS gremlin. |
| Carolyn |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 17:55:52
My main symptom is pelvic pain but I have also had severe back pain which moved from side to side, in the buttock and in the mid back. I also had some wrist and foot pain. I have been working on this for about 8 weeks by doing Schecters workbook but I don't do it every night as I am not even through it once yet. Anxiety and the eating as well as vivid dreams and insomnia have also popped up.
Carolyn |
| Suz |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 13:48:43
Yes - I know exactly what you are talking about. I wonder if my eating is a TMS equivalent - I have definitely been eating more. When you say that your symptoms have moved around - what have you experienced? I have been doing the work for about a month now - I only really wrote and studied my lists for two weeks. My back pain has totally gone, so I can now do any exercise I want and wear high heels etc. but I have experienced worse acid reflux problems, constipation and some wierd headaches. I also have had some unusual anxiety with insomnia. Is this what you have experienced?
Suz |
